<p>Male, Asian, Attending a college-prep private school</p>
<p>Cumulative GPA: 3.07 (weighted). Upward trend; Freshmen and Sophomore average to about a 2.9, Junior year was a 3.4-3.5, and Senior year 1st semester is 3.68 (Not included in cumulative).</p>
<p>SAT: 2140. Math: 710. Reading: 690. Writing: 740.</p>
<p>SAT2's:</p>
<p>Math IIC: 780.
Chinese w/ Listening: 750.
Molecular Bio: 730.</p>
<p>AP's:
AP Bio: 4
AP Microeconomics: 4
AP Macroeconomics: 5</p>
<p>IB's:
IB Economics: 6</p>
<p>Course selection:
AP/IBHL English (2 year)
IBHL Dance (2 year)
AP Calculus AB
AP Bio
AP Environmental Science
AP/IBSL Economics
AP US History
Bunch of other honors, done all 3 sciences, and barely scraped together enough foreign language credits.</p>
<p>Recs:</p>
<p>College Counselor - Extremely well written. He's a seasoned college admissions officer. It was two pages long; he let me glance at it. Lit major.</p>
<p>Two teacher recs - I'm not too sure, but both teachers seemed to like me well so I'd assume they were very well written. One went to Harvard Law School.</p>
<p>Common App Written Materials:</p>
<p>I've gotten really approving reviews from my college counselor and friends.</p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<p>Nothing spectacular. Tri-M, stugov, no officer positions. No sports. Been in many Jazz Ensemble gigs outside of school and dance productions.</p>
<p>Internships/Jobs:</p>
<p>Lab assistant - internship
Swordsmith (friend of a friend's dad) - internship
Proofreader at a translating company - paying job</p>
<p>Additional Info:</p>
<p>Father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in the middle of my freshmen year. He's still going through chemo.
I have a brother who's just graduated from and is doing law at Boston University.</p>
<p>Admissions history:</p>
<p>I've been denied from UIUC (am an Illinois resident) and deferred from Case Western Reserve (applied early to both). Case Western was early action.</p>